Newb here and i have paid for a coupe body. Problem is the shipping, no ltl will touch it not in a crate, or if the will they won't insure it.
Who has shipped a body on just a pallet and who did you use?
Thanks in advance!
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Is the body fresh or embalmed.
Fresh, strapped to a pallet , clear wrapped.
They use small urns now 
More seriously, Greg at Vintage something ships rollers and different things all over so some of the manufacturers including the one you bought it from should be able to hook you up.
I used a special car carrier and we pushed the dead car in and they took it ..;. You might be able to have a box with large casters made and then they can roll it in the carrier... @Alan Merklin knows a lot more than I on the shipping routines.
I bought my CMC years ago from them in Miami FL and had it shipped to N. VA. They charged $175 to build a primitive perimeter frame crate. 2x4 corners and 3/4 pine stringers here and there. I had 4 guys hlep me unload it from the Pilot truck. Mine had all the accessories (windshield, seats, bumpers) boxed inside the body. I'd find someone to build the frame - couldn't take but hour or 2. CMC quoted $1400 to ship - I went thru my brother's NJ company and had it shipped with same carrier for $440! CMCs are finsihed gel coat (mine is black) so the crate is essential for preventing it getting bacnged up against.
Keep digging, you'll find a way. A few years back Carl Berry arranged to ship two hardtops from California one each to Connecticut and upstate New York by Greyhound bus plastic wrapped only.
Thanks guys, its been 5 weeks now trying to get it picked up. The first freight co would not take it as is even though they had just a week before shipped 3 just like it to here in NC. Then had the nerve to want $800 to crate it.
Its not looking good..........
Which body builder did you get it from ... in Caulifornia ?
IAM-RAY
Not trying to call anyone out because at this time it is still friendly. But afaik there is only one sellin A coupes........
Well that being said, I still think you should look into these shippers
J. SIMONS SECURITIES LTD is who we used for low quality stuff.... train mostly and
http://www.tfxinternational.com this one ships high end cars. All enclosed ...
Because of the cu ft of a palletized car body it's expensive and freight companies will avoid it because of the space it takes up and the possibility of in transit damage. Try U Ship you might be able to get a pick up truck / enclosed trailer guy.
Well I may have caught a break, a shipper called and said they would have it picked up friday.....not as cheap as the ltl but not horrible.
I sure hope they get it moving, my shortened tunnel looks mighty poor here with only a half built subframeand no floor.
Brock B posted:Well I may have caught a break, a shipper called and said they would have it picked up friday.....not as cheap as the ltl but not horrible.
So please tell us how much it costs to do that shipping.
David Stroud door to door San Diego to Beaufort NC $1800.....
If the very first ltl had taken it $1600 with insurance.
Brock B posted:Well I may have caught a break, a shipper called and said they would have it picked up friday.....not as cheap as the ltl but not horrible.
I sure hope they get it moving, my shortened tunnel looks mighty poor here with only a half built subframeand no floor.
Pictures are forthcoming ?
Absolutely! May even start a build thread....dont see a place for Coupes though...hint hint! 😎
Did you buy the body from a manufacturer or a private party. If a private party, I can understand the difficulty with finding a shipper. If a manufacturer, it would seem manufacturer would have shipping options in place.
Todd, manufacturer... he has used a ltl company but when he showed up with mine they wouldn't take it un-crated
Well this shipped is not working out, pulling the plug on the whole deal....
Anyone on the EAST coast USA have a coupe body forsale?
Try listing on U-Ship many of the transporters use a pick up and a large enclosed trailer …. A long shot but check with Fastenal Inc they now haul freight as long as it's on a some sort of pallet they'll insure it under their cargo insurance
Alan Merklin
Thanks, at this point i have asked for my money back this has been eating me up and stressing me out for weeks now.
If that dont happen then i will try uship.
Fastenal wont touch it, to big........
Time for a road trip.
Brock B posted:Alan Merklin
Thanks, at this point i have asked for my money back this has been eating me up and stressing me out for weeks now.
If that dont happen then i will try uship.
I don't know anything about your deal, and I know less about shipping, but if I was buying from a manufacturer and he/she did not have alternative shipping methods or wasn't making every effort to get the car shipped, that would be a flashing warning light to me that if I had any problems with the product, I would know that I would receive little to no support from that manufacturer and I would have to take of everything on my own.
David Stroud lol not a 3000 mile one!
Todd M unfortunately by the time you find all that out they have your $!
San Diego...would that be the rather elusive JPS group?
Brock, this may not be the right project for you. So far, step 1 is a failure: You didn't choose a source that can ship the product to you.
Believe me, step 2 and beyond are going to be a lot more challenging.
But if you want to keep going, try: freightquote.com
Rich...no
RS-60 Mark, lol ive build more cars from less than this than i can shake a stick at!
34 Ford truck from a stripped bare frame
68 F100 cut long bed to short, full 04 vic chassis swap
Austin Mini GSXR1000 RWD
03 996 with 09 LS2 SWAP
ECT ECT.....
Probably Kitman motors - http://www.jdtcars.com/index.html
Brock B posted:Rich...no
RS-60 Mark, lol ive build more cars from less than this than i can shake a stick at!
34 Ford truck from a stripped bare frame
68 F100 cut long bed to short, full 04 vic chassis swap
Austin Mini GSXR1000 RWD
03 996 with 09 LS2 SWAP
ECT ECT.....
Then I wont ask how you got so far off on the wrong track with this one
I guess I'm failing to see a problem with either the buyer or the seller.
Shipping a body is a lot harder than shipping a complete car. A car rolls up on a transporter, generally under it's own power. If the load needs to be redistributed for logistical purposes, it can be done. Shipping a body w/o wheels means it gets loaded and moved around with a forklift. If it isn't palletized, there's really no way at all to do it. If it's just palletized and not crated, it can't be stacked and nothing can be shipped close to it.
I get stuff shipped all the time, and it's more amazing when something doesn't arrived damaged than when it does. Guys who work freight terminals at night generally don't do it because they have tons of other choices. I don't know that I've ever received a package rooftop HVAC unit that didn't have some fork damage on it.
Given these realities, I can't imagine trying to ship a body across the country LTL without a crate. If I were building a crate, $800 wouldn't buy the lumber, because I'd want it built to withstand the rage of the knuckle-dragging apes at one of the 3 or 4 freight terminals that body is going to land in on it's way across the country.
The whole thing ends up being pretty cost prohibitive. But if $1600 for freight and $800 for crating is going to undo this deal, then perhaps it's better for everybody.
RS-60 MARK im not to sure myself except im not paying anyone $3000 to ship a $8000 body on pallet with dolleys under it.
The 3 that went to NC before mine went ltl with no crate amd afik no damage.
A simple crate out of $200 worth 3/8 plywood and 2x4s would satisfy the ltl terminal amd they would insure it but i camt seem to get it done for less than $800.
Brock B posted:David Stroud lol not a 3000 mile one!
Todd M unfortunately by the time you find all that out they have your $!
Been a long time since contract law, but there has been no this for that, so I would get my money back.
So who sold you this body and couldn't get it delivered?
Stan Galat posted:I guess I'm failing to see a problem with either the buyer or the seller.
Shipping a body is a lot harder than shipping a complete car. A car rolls up on a transporter, generally under it's own power. If the load needs to be redistributed for logistical purposes, it can be done. Shipping a body w/o wheels means it gets loaded and moved around with a forklift. If it isn't palletized, there's really no way at all to do it. If it's just palletized and not crated, it can't be stacked and nothing can be shipped close to it.
Wouldn't a manufacturer who sells replica bodies know this, and be able to advise the customer BEFORE the sale? Shouldn't a replica body manufacturer know this and warn the buyer BEFORE the sale? Ya see what I'm getting at? If the manufacturer is uninformed or unhelpful at this stage of the sale, does that not indicate what service or help the buyer will receive after the sale?
Might be cheaper to simply rent a U-Haul truck big enough to carry the body. Not a hearse as it might not fit, then fly down and pick it up, rent a few blankets and protect it and tie it down. You can probably drive it accross for cheaper. Enjoy the ride.
As suggested before do try U Ship, these guys run a lot of pick ups with enclosed trailers. Sometimes you can get a really good rate.
Todd M posted:Stan Galat posted:I guess I'm failing to see a problem with either the buyer or the seller.
Shipping a body is a lot harder than shipping a complete car. A car rolls up on a transporter, generally under it's own power. If the load needs to be redistributed for logistical purposes, it can be done. Shipping a body w/o wheels means it gets loaded and moved around with a forklift. If it isn't palletized, there's really no way at all to do it. If it's just palletized and not crated, it can't be stacked and nothing can be shipped close to it.
Wouldn't a manufacturer who sells replica bodies know this, and be able to advise the customer BEFORE the sale? Shouldn't a replica body manufacturer know this and warn the buyer BEFORE the sale? Ya see what I'm getting at? If the manufacturer is uninformed or unhelpful at this stage of the sale, does that not indicate what service or help the buyer will receive after the sale?
He bought a body. What kind of "support" is implied with this? It is not at all unusual for custom or one-off products to be FOB point of sale. The buyer made it clear that the shipping company had shipped bodies without crating before, and changed their policy. How, exactly, is the the body manufacturer's problem?
A good guy would work to help find alternate shipping. But ultimately-- it's the buyer's responsibility. A solution was presented to the buyer (pay for a crate), and he chose not to pursue it.
Again, I'm failing to see how this is either the buyer or the seller's fault, Todd.
I am Ray, thought of that $450 plane ticket and $2500 u haul truck plus gas and eats....nah.
Stan Galant true im not willing to over pay for a simple crate (you dont think that it would be built like a tank as suggested above for $800 do ya?) but i did ask the seller to go get $200 worth of material ( i pay for that) and box it (2 hours of his time but he wouldnt do it).
I have quite a few time gone out of my way and crated stuff almost this big out of my own pocket just to make the sale........
Some things will drive you crazy and Well in that case maybe you should reconsider who it is your buying it from, if crating the body is too much work for the seller to find someone to do it at a cost to facilitate the sale.